[KLUG Members] Re: Xandros -- it's the distro for "I'm switching from Windows"

[Bryan J. Smith]

Quoting "Brenda M. Williams" <bwilliams@cvalaw.com>:
> Interesting article on Xandros:
> http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/10/21/1749230.shtml

Xandros has 3 major pros:

1)  CONSUMER:  Resizes FAT32 and NTFS, including v5, in the installer itself (no
other distro does)

2)  CONSUMER:  Crossover Office and Plug-in included (basically pays for the
distro -- although they are not seperable)

3)  ADVOCATE:  Debian-based (which is always a plus because of it's free
software guidelines and submission process)

Unfortunately, I'm the GPL-anal guy that prefers a "GUI out-of-the-box" type
distro that is 100% GPL/redistributable and a Gnome bigot.  So I'm naturally a
RedHat bigot.

But if you prefer Debian or KDE, Xandros is the commercial distro you should be
recommending.  Especially for all newbies that ask "I'm switching from Windows,
what distro do you recommend?"


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